Lime will offer car sharing in Seattle, moving beyond bikes and scooters

Lime will offer car sharing in Seattle, moving beyond bikes and scooters

6 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/lime-car-sharing-seattle/

The news of Lime's possible foray into car sharing broke in June, when Axios obtained a confidential pitch deck that said the company intended to share cars in "one or two markets" as early as Q4 2018. The deck claims car sharing costs will start with a $1 charge, accruing an additional 40 cents per minute of use.

This could be beneficial to Lime's operations in Seattle, as electric scooter rentals are currently banned from Seattle's city streets, and that won't change until the city can establish a permit program. Seattle already has an established car sharing presence by way of BMW's ReachNow and Daimler's Car2Go. Relying on a fleet of small, electric cars could offer Lime users less reason to move beyond its app when it comes to longer trips that might be more difficult for scooters or bikes.